Word: extortioners
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In the midst of the War for Independence, the Continental Congress interrupted its routine to deliver an important message to the public. The American people, Congress implored, should beseech God that "vice, prophaneness, extortion, and every evil may be done away ... that we may be a reformed and happy people...
No Crime. Frustrated Government law officials say that it would be next to impossible to charge Good with a crime for what she was saying last week. Under federal conspiracy laws, someone must perform an overt illegal act before he can be arrested, and under federal extortion laws, a person...
High Bail. As the investigation proceeded, Byrne and Lynch were arraigned on federal extortion charges and held on bail totaling $700,000. They are also expected to be indicted on New York State kidnaping charges, which carry a minimum no-parole 15-year prison sentence. The bail was set so...
The two men being held, who for the time being were charged only with extortion, were cooperating with authorities. They told the unlikely story that two unidentified men had hired Byrne to drive them by limousine into Westchester County on the night of the abduction. Lynch, a friend of Byrne...
Lucrative Deals. To make matters worse, anonymous phone calls threatened Hoffa's relatives. The general tone, said one federal source, was "You saw what happened to him-you're next." Interpreted very broadly, the calls constituted acts of extortion, a federal crime, and that was enough to allow...